C F C When I was a little boy my daddy used to say to me son F C We got a lotta big land and a lotta hard work to be done F C Go get your marbles put 'em in the house G7 C Tear down your castles in the sand F C Come with your pappy to the cotton patch F Am And get a little dirt on your hands C Am Get a little dirt on your hands boy C Am Get a little dirt on your hands C F C If you're gonna grow up to be a big big man F C You gotta get a little dirt on your hands F C You gotta get a little dirt on your hands F C Well I got to be twenty and I thought I was a pretty big wheel F C Left the country for the city met a slicker with a shady deal F C He said hold up the tavern take all the money G7 C Run as fast as you can F C If you're gonna get along in this big bad world F Am You gotta get a little dirt on your hands C Am Get a little dirt on your hands boy C Am Get a little dirt on your hands C F C If you're gonna grow up to be a big big man F C You gotta get a little dirt on your hands F C You gotta get a little dirt on your hands F C Well it's four in the morning and the warden is a calling my name F C Says he's teaching me a lesson gonna send me out to work in the rain F C Dig that ditch boy chop that corn G7 C I gotta make you understand F C Only way to straighten out a guy like you F Am Is to get a little dirt on your hands C Am Get a little dirt on your hands boy C Am Get a little dirt on your hands C F C If you're gonna grow up to be a big big man F C You gotta get a little dirt on your hands F C You gotta get a little dirt on your hands